Nostromo is a Genius Last year in this period of time, I was coping with an overwhelming burden of school projects, extra-scholar activities, crappy exams, students issues and lack of relaxing moments. In addition to that, it was a tough … Continue reading →

When I’m a bit down with the overwhelming work I have to perform before handing over my report, I launch the opening sequence of one of my favorite Japanese animations, Ghost In The Shell, and suck the music with all … Continue reading →

Not even 8h00 a.m. and my day is already made! I’m feeling GOOD today and I’LL PROGRESS AS A MONSTER IN MY REPORT NYAH! -You wake up and get a notification on Facebook “Arrr! Kate Covington has come a’board on … Continue reading →

I’m back to Casablanca. I’m supposed to be working on the theoretical part of our project – isn’t it funny? We have to prepare the theoretical part after being done conceiving the machine! – . Everyone is asking me when … Continue reading →

Back to school for a presentation rehearsal that went pretty well. Partner and I still have many things to perform for our Final Year Project but we were expecting such – I mean, come on, the presentation PPT was prepared 11 hours before the performance, and the work 70% done – and professors were eager enough to share all their observations and suggestions. I think the result is going to be amazing with all the adds coming ahead!

Back to school means back to friends and acquaintances and the staff. It also means engineering students speaking about their own projects, internships, tutors – at school and in the company-, their progress in the report’s writing, their own presentation rehearsals, their preparation for the big day, etc etc.

Since I’ve been away for so long and don’t usually stick around enough, I couldn’t help spending hours with every person I encounter to catch up. Hectic times are hectic for everyone but man! What a delight to get to discover someone’s data or report.

I’m supposed to be working on the kinematic diagram of our machine and the report of the Final Year Project. But it’s 23:30 and I’m too exhausted. I’m an early bird and hardly have my way with night time. And … Continue reading →

There’s a certain wisdom in the reason why I didn’t have something to play music on except computers or laptops during all these years. For now that I’m able to plug the earphones of my Nokia XpressMusic in my ears … Continue reading →

Today, we’re at Riff working on Final Year Internships’ reports. I dive in the civil engineering’s quality criteria which , along with sewage piping, are the main subject of Leïchoune’s internship.

While focusing on notions used to describe the process and procedures (I feel I’ll be hearing these two words a lot during L.’s presentation 8B), my mind often wanders on mechanics, all the beauty of my queen of sciences. She’s everywhere, in quality diagrams and concrete pipes’ flaws, and employees’ 15 min security feedback and in the means of setting up the quality management system while gathering up data about the old one and making comparisons and so.

She’s truly the queen of all sciences. She’s everywhere and she’s the queen of my mind as long as I’ll have one, no matter how ignorant and stupid and foolish it is. And with mechanics as an inspiration and a distinct perspective in all I do and see, there’s Ti-Mi-Nou napping near Leïchoune, there’s Leïchoune browsing up through documents and there’s me browsing up as well and thinking of buying the whole green library’s children books. The arabic collection of fairytales has been one of the main providers, along with grannies and moms, of fairytales in Arabic. Western or Eastern legends for instance.

Copacabana, promises of a tagine cooked by chief Ti-Mi-Nou, Le Festin by Camille, Emilie Simon’s awesome OST for La Marche de l’Empereur, Leïchoune and myself recalling Les Choristes and wishing to watch it again, To the Dancers in the Rain, On the Road Again by Bernard Lavilliers, paragraphs from Les Fourmis by Bernard Werber, Mad World by Gary Jules, Stay Together for the kids by Blink 182, This is Freedom by Estelle, Shéhérazade by rimsky-korsakov, Nekotopia by Asuka Fujimori and the friends, the friends, the friends, the friends of Prep School and our memories with some kind people, some affectionate ones, some funny ones and salty ones.

I’m not progressing as quickly as I wish on my report. My bestie is stuck with the same problem but she doesn’t even know what to write on it, which is even worse. Some German acquaintances will be in Casablanca … Continue reading →